Hunter (miniseries)
Hunter is a two-part BBC One police crime drama, commissioned in 2008 as a follow up to Five Days, the 2007 series which introduced the protagonists of Hunter – DSI Iain Barclay (Hugh Bonneville) and DS Amy Foster (Janet McTeer) – who reprise their roles as the dysfunctional detective pair. The two part miniseries aired on Sunday 18 and Monday 19 January 2009 on BBC One, and achieved an average of 5.4 million viewers during first episode.[1] The miniseries was also simulcast on BBC HD. The drama was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential series, but no further episodes were commissioned. On 15 October 2009, the miniseries was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia via Roadshow Entertainment.[2]
| Hunter | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Gwenyth Hughes |
| Written by | Mick Ford Gwenyth Hughes |
| Directed by | Colm McCarthy |
| Starring | Hugh Bonneville Janet McTeer Nathan Constance Anna Koval Eleanor Matsuura Jonathan Slinger Geoffrey Streatfeild Harriet Walter |
| Composer(s) | Ben Bartlett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jessica Pope Simon Curtis |
| Producer(s) | Emma Benson |
| Cinematography | Damian Bromley |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Studios |
| Distributor | Roadshow Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One, BBC HD |
| Original release | 18 January – 19 January 2009 |
Plot
DSI Iain Barclay heads up a team of police officers that are looking into the disappearance of two boys. He calls in the assistance of former colleague DS Amy Foster to help with the investigation. The perpetrators turn out to be radical members of the anti-abortion movement, who threaten to kill the two children unless the BBC screens an anti-abortion propaganda film. Barclay, Foster and their colleagues must race against time to apprehend the kidnappers before they can carry out their threats. This led Britain's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, Pro-Life Alliance and kindred groups to claim that the portrayal of the anti-abortionists was "distorted".[3]
Cast
- DSI Iain Barclay — Hugh Bonneville
- DI Zoe Larson — Eleanor Matsuura
- DS Amy Foster — Janet McTeer
- DS Nick Dyer — Geoffrey Streatfeild
- DC Sue Mailer — Anna Koval
- DC Connor — Nathan Constance
- DC Miles — Jonathan Slinger
- DS Jim MacAulay — Tim Woodward
- ACC Jenny Griffin — Harriet Walter
- Dr. Margaret Newell — Clare Holman
- John Elder — Adrian Rawlins
- Peter Richards — Joe Tucker
- Phillippa Richards — Sarah Ball
- Jan Speddings — Sophie Stanton
- Hannah Crowley — Frances Albery
References
- http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a143424/54m-seek-out-bbcs-hunter.html
- https://www.fishpond.com/Movies/Hunter-Hugh-Bonneville/9397810179998
- "British TV Show Hunter Portrays Pro-Life Advocates as Kidnappers" Lifenews: 21.01.09: http://www.lifenews.com/int1058.html
External links
- Hunter at BBC Programmes
- Hunter on IMDb